The General director of animal rightsSocial Rights, Consumption and Agenda belongs to the Ministry of Pond 2030, results The first study of animal protection management in Spain, This was prepared by a public company.
Till date There is no study In the abandonment and adoption Dogs y Kados In Spain, the Affinity Foundation is a huge note, though regional or national initiatives from national, private companies. He has now submitted that the government is complying with what is included in the Animal Welfare Act.
They left for this statement Data obtained in 2023 by studies for municipalities and security institutions. The average of each autonomous society has responded to the survey by 5.8% of the municipalities, and they are 14.6% and 0.6% with La Rioja. They were made in total 749 studiesOf these, 357 municipalities and 139 protectors were verified.
With results they want to clearly see the outstanding challenges in this case and take appropriate measures Prevent abandoning and encourage adoption.
The number of dogs and cats in animal protection centers, the number of animals found without microchib, and the number of volunteers with our country protectors and the number of reception homes Still significant results The study has come.
1. Regular residents: Mestisos, hunting dogs and PPP
By 2023, 18,764 dog inputs were recorded in municipal and security centers, of which 18,009 were reached. Mastiso dogs make up most of the abandoned animals (50.8%), followed by dogs and are considered dangerous (PPP). As for age, 77% of dogs are adults.
2. The difficult situation of cats
The cats of cats present a big challenge: 13,230 inputs, and in their full -term animals, compared to 10,881 releases, significantly creates high retention (17.8%). The mortality rate is also considered a launch path, especially in cats, compared to 4.6% of 22.6% of dogs.
3. Appearance and destination
81.1% of dogs reached these companies because they were lost or abandoned, and 11.6% were provided by their owners, 7.3% from seizures. Only 23% of puppies have come up with, and it is very low than cats, which come to puppies in 37.6% of cases.
As for domestic cats, 86.5% appear to have been lost or abandoned, and 4% was seized by the holder of 9.4.
4. Adoption and return home: the main departure
Adoption is the main way for animals obtained in these centers. More than half dogs (52.9%) and nearly two -thirds of cats (64.6%) find a new home along this road.
30.8% of dogs and 6.6% of cats are returned to their teachers, 11.7% and 6% are transferred to other companies (1.6% outside Spain in the case of dogs) and 4.6% and 22.6% die in centers.
5. Most, without chip
The lower identity percentage prevents the income of original owners significantly. 5.3% of cats and collected dogs were only 31.2% compulsory chip.
6. Centralized and dogs
Most protectors work mainly with cats (84%) and dogs (45%), serving the lower percentage (14%) to other types of animals.
7. Vocal and host houses
These companies have a large number of volunteers, with an average of 22 people per company and about nine average hostels per company.
8. Skill
Animal safety companies are more efficient for cats (61) (61) and other pets (11) dogs (average 80).
9. Municipal Management: Outdoorization dominates
One of the significant discoveries is that only 21.3% of the surveyed municipalities Center for collecting abandoned animals. In most cases, service outsourcing (42%) is used due to lack of own mechanisms (24.6%). In addition, in municipalities with centers, the administration is managed by direct public, security institutions and private companies.
10. Pending challenges
Despite the advances in administration and awareness, the report concludes that important challenges are still ongoing, including, Improve the identity of animalsEspecially in cats; Increase municipal resources to reduce outsourcing outsourcing in responsible adoption and strengthening awareness campaigns.
